I'll always say "Gimme a bare bones camera whose only setting is 'fully manual' than a camera with 50 features I'll never use". Dunno why I used quotes... I'd say the best tip would be to use manual settings as much as possible. The only way to not miss that shot by fiddling with buttons is to miss afew shots fiddling with buttons until you can react faster. Whe I got into a subway station, I immediately set my camera to 1/30 shutter speed, and f-stop 5.6. After that, I might have to adjust the F-stop by one stop, and that isnt even required really, cause I can print it out better later if its over/under exposed a little bit. Personally, I hate priority modes, and even automatic unless Im being a tourist. I'd rather have full control over the exposure, that wawy, if something screws up I have only myself to blame and not the expensive equipment (which will screw up more often than not). advice: shoot shoot shooooooooot